as you said past presidents have tried to buy. so, you know, it s probably not going to be the louisiana purchase or anything of the sort but it is not as crazy if you get past the notion of president trump wanting to buy an island as it is at first blush. tim, you can look at it as well as, even if, you know, there is maybe geopolitical or strategic reasons, he would be the president to have brought greenland in our orbit. except that the danes don t want to sell it and the greenlanders don t want to become americans. look, the two times we tried to buy greenland, first was the 1860s when we were trying to buy a lot of places. this is when we bought alaska. we tried to buy iceland. that worked out well. that worked out well but the russians wanted to sell.
place the u.s. has some military and sort of assets there beyond the military and it is a place that as you said past presidents have tried to buy. so, you know, it s probably not going to be the louisiana purchase or anything of the sort but it is not as crazy if you get past the notion of president trump wanting to buy an island as it is at first blush. tim, you can look at it as well, you know, there is maybe geopolitical or stra ttegic reasons, he would be the president to have brought greenland in our orbit. the danes don t want to sell it and the greenlanders don t want to become americans. look, the two times we tried to
and there is a way to deal with this. we can compete and buy things in greenland. they said they were open for business. we can help them build ports. the chinese don t have to build ports, we can. we have a special military relationship with greenland. it s not like we need something else. the only way to get greenland now is to occupy it. the greenlanders don t want us and the danes aren t going to sell. did you know this about greenland before you were booked for this or have you been studying? i ve been to greenland and i didn t know as much as you know. i spent like days in an igloo. there are great resources online. i like how you re riled up about this whole greenland thing. remember, remember, remember, i spent a lot of time in canada. i know a lot about arctic areas. okay. dana, you don t seem as passionate on the subject. well, you know, i once we start talking about the diamonds and the gold and those other
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and when the united nations went on the hunt to find the world s happiest nation, their final report ranked, you guessed it, denmark number one. so, what makes a country happy? sure, it s things like life expectancy, gross domestic product, low corruption. but also things like generosity, social support, and the freedom to make life choices. choices, like following your passion or just laying low. you see, the danes don t put much value on job titles or status. a street musician and a lawyer hold the same social clout in denmark. as a society, their motto is this, you are no better than anybody else. you know, as we explored happiness in denmark, we realize it s not so much the temporary